Posts with Keyword “inequality”

Cover for post 76 Years After D-Day, History Shows that the USA Is as Flawed A Beacon of Democracy as the USSR was a Flawed Beacon for Socialism: It Needn't End the Same
05 Jun 2020
76 Years After D-Day, History Shows that the USA Is as Flawed A Beacon of Democracy as the USSR was a Flawed Beacon for Socialism: It Needn't End the Same
Democracy has not been fully implemented in the USA, just like socialism was not correctly implemented in the USSR. Can protests after police killing of Geor...
Cover for post Materialism Underpins the Social Chasm that democrats* (small 'd') Are Protesting Against in the US and Around the World
03 Jun 2020
Materialism Underpins the Social Chasm that democrats* (small 'd') Are Protesting Against in the US and Around the World
Materialism deprives lives of purpose and robs us of our sense of community. The unrestrained pursuit of wealth and freedom above all else leads to division ...
Cover for post The Gilded Recovery? Making Sense of the Quick Recovery of the US Stock Market
22 May 2020
The Gilded Recovery? Making Sense of the Quick Recovery of the US Stock Market
The US stock market recovered thanks to aggressive fiscal policies and loose monetary policies combined with a lack of opportunity elsewhere. In the mid-term...
Cover for post Why True Innovation Is Rare and Unevenly Distributed, and What We Can Do About It
09 May 2020
Why True Innovation Is Rare and Unevenly Distributed, and What We Can Do About It
True innovation remains a rare feat, and innovation is unevenly distributed and heavily skewed towards some economies. Dr Jiulin Teng points to five explanat...
Cover for post The Death of a Paradigm: The Human, Economic, and Long-Term Social Costs of Coronavirus
19 Mar 2020
The Death of a Paradigm: The Human, Economic, and Long-Term Social Costs of Coronavirus
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to aggravate, the mid- to long-term economic and social costs will be tremendous. Dramatic changes in the economic and soc...